griffon

Other forms of griffon

plural

griffons·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about griffon

What does griffon mean?

griffon means "winged monster with the head of an eagle and the body of a lion". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in griffon?

griffon has 2 syllables: grif-fon. The stress falls on "grif". In IPA it is /ˈɡɹɪfən/.

What is another word for griffon?

Close synonyms include gryphon, griffin, Brussels griffon, Belgian griffon, wire-haired pointing griffon. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is griffon a common word?

griffon is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.